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AST_GETACTIVEUNIT - Determines how the Unit attribute will be used

Description:
This routine returns the current value of the ActiveUnit flag for a Frame. See the description of the AST_SETACTIVEUNIT routine for a description of the ActiveUnit flag.
Invocation:
RESULT = AST_GETACTIVEUNIT( THIS, STATUS )
Arguments:
THIS = INTEGER (Given)
Pointer to the Frame.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.
Returned Value:
AST_GETACTIVEUNIT = LOGICAL
The current value of the ActiveUnit flag.
Notes:
  • A value of .FALSE. will be returned if this function is invoked with STATUS set to an error value, or if it should fail for any reason.


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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
24th May 2011
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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